Condolences to the family and friends of Courtney Jones

When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friend of Courtney Jones. Courtey was touring member of Phase II Pan Groove.

Meet Attillah Springer - Trinidad and Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad and Tobago - In regards to Pan: "We don’t know the value of what we have. Imagine how awesome we would be if we did.” Never on the sidelines, always in the mix, cultural and social activist A

Meet Jenessa Baptiste of Phase II Pan Groove - Trinidad and Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad and Tobago - She is a natural. Music and Pan have been in her blood from the very beginning. She is a first-rate musician, educator and bass-section leader in a massive, legendary steel orche

Meet Hope Munro Smith of - California State University, Chico, CA

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad Á Tobago - With a genuine interest in the contributions of women to music globally she fell deeply in love with Trinidad and Tobago's culture, music and Pan. She is a steelpan musician, autho

Meet Carol-Ann Andrews of Harvard Harps Steel Orchestra, Trinidad and Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad Á Tobago - Her passion for Pan is unwavering and burns intensely. She is a steelpan musician, steelpan mom, and steelpan administrator. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Carol-

Jammin' Pans held their first live performance

Two months ago, Virgil Franklin along with the help of Tony Kluesner, formed the Jammin' Pans Steel Band and on February 19, they held their first concert at the Glenburn Nursing Home.

"Our first concert went well," said Franklin, "It was great to ge

Bring in foreign Panorama judges

Trinidad Newsday

Wednesday, March 11 2015

THE EDITOR: I don’t know who Joan Gower de Chabert is but she is to me disillusional. The ten points she made in her scoring is so much baloney. Is she saying those things happen only at the Massy Trinidad Al

PAN! Our Music Odyssey won the award for the Most Outstanding Documentary feature at the ReelWorld Film Festival Canada

The PAN! team is honored to announce that PAN! Our Music Odyssey won the award for the Most Outstanding Documentary feature at the ReelWorld Film Festival Canada   On March 7th 2015 for it’s cinematic excellence and artistry

Jurors hit Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams with $7.4-million verdict

This is non-pan related, but we found it so blatant. Even the deaf could hear that this was a direct rip-off.  What was even more disappointing was that Stevie Wonder lost his mind and sided with Thicke and Williams.

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Its a Shame in the way icon Joey Lewis is being treated

Dear Friends and music lovers from all over the world especially here in Trinidad, perhaps you don't know the health conditions that one of our greatest musical icons, Mr."Joey Lewis" is now facing and for over the past six (6) or  many years. I my s

Female Musical Trailblazers: The first “All Girls Steel Bands” of Guyana* -- A women’s History Month Tribute

By Lear Matthews

People criticized our parents. “How could you allow your daughters to do such a thing?” they would ask.

It was the early 1950’s. Guyana, then British Guiana, like many other Caribbean countries was in the initial stages of struggle

‘Parallel Overtones’: An infectious Garvin Blake CD -- by Les Slater

Steel Band Directors Asked to Participate in Pan on the Green Competition

St. Croix Source

An important Pan on the Green meeting is scheduled for steel band directors for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix campus, in Room T100.

“The meeting is being called to begin accepting ap

Show of steel drums at Sunrise: School, PTA, director keep tradition alive for sixth-grade musicians

The beat goes on for steel drums at Sunrise Elementary School, where the unique sound has resonated for 25 years.

Gary Gibson is determined to keep a good thing going.

When the Kent school contemplated mothballing the after-school program a few year

So is it Soca or is it Reggae? Billboard Confusion

When Steel Talks was presented with the following press release from Foxfuse music, media, and marketing company. We found it a bit perplexing. What do you think?

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A Celebration of Women in Pan - Women’s Month - 2015

When Steel Talks revisits and continues our annual celebration of “Women in Pan” all over the world...

Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form

Sisters in Steel - A Tribute To Women In Pan

Their Story, Their Voice, Their Life, Their Dreams, The

Mas & Pan --- Laventille Rhythm Section plays a lively sailor mas

From Texas with love - pan tuner Emily Lemmerman

by Wesley Gibbings - Trinidad Guardian

It’s brunch on Ariapita Avenue six days before Panorama Finals. The electricity is out and everyone’s late. It’s a warm but breezy morning and Tobago surf is still in Emily Lemmerman’s shock of curly, red hair a

The minority sport of Carnival

By Martin Daly - Trinidad Express

The only remarkable thing about Carnival 2015 was the obvious acceleration of its decline into a minority sport with less and less redeeming artistic value and rapidly decreasing audiences.

Steel band festival seeks support

The Pan New England Steel Band Festival is coming to Blue Hill in May and everyone is invited, according to a news release.

Flash! in the Pans and its parent organization, Peninsula Pan, Inc., will host the 25th annual Pan New England Steel Band Fest